CaliforniaCowboy
03-22-2008, 09:04 AM
this is from collegefootballnews.com...
I'm not sure what to think of these. They seem harmless enough; at least on the surface.
regarding the sideline penalty; I wonder if we shouldn't narrow the visitor's side a little bit more at BPS...
What are the proposed new rule changes?
These are all proposed changes, and they'll all probably go through.
There will be a few automatic calls to protect the players with the NFL's horse-collar tackle, when a defender tackles an offensive player from behind by grabbing from inside the shoulder pads behind the neck, and a chop block rule whenever a block comes from below the waist on a player already engaged with a blocker. No biggie; no one can really complain about those.
Also, the five-yard incidental face mask penalty has been done away with, so now there's no question about the call. A face mask call is 15 yards, and there's no other option.
The other new automatic call comes when there's no room on the sidelines, when officials used to be able to call a sideline warning first. Watch for every team to get tagged by that for a few weeks before they figure it out.
The best and most fair new change revolves around replay. If a coach successfully challenges a call, he gets another. I've always said that a wrong call is a wrong call is a wrong call, and a coach should never lose the right to challenge as long as he's right. Now there will be a maximum of two challenges allowed, but it's a start.
The other nice change is on kickoffs with the receiving team getting the option of taking the ball on the 40 if the kick goes out of bounds. With kickoffs being moved back last year, and a major penalty given for inaccurate boots, there should be even more big returns.
Now with the change that'll cause the most stir: the play clock. In the continuing effort to shorten games, the new gimmick is to go the NFL route by starting the play clock on the snap of the ball after a runner goes out of bounds, outside of the final two minutes. The play clock will also go to 40 seconds, when it's not stopped, to get the offenses to pick up the pace. This likely won't be that big a deal, but it'll force teams to be a bit sharper and it'll force officials to be uniform across the country when it comes to declaring the ball ready for play.
I'm not sure what to think of these. They seem harmless enough; at least on the surface.
regarding the sideline penalty; I wonder if we shouldn't narrow the visitor's side a little bit more at BPS...
What are the proposed new rule changes?
These are all proposed changes, and they'll all probably go through.
There will be a few automatic calls to protect the players with the NFL's horse-collar tackle, when a defender tackles an offensive player from behind by grabbing from inside the shoulder pads behind the neck, and a chop block rule whenever a block comes from below the waist on a player already engaged with a blocker. No biggie; no one can really complain about those.
Also, the five-yard incidental face mask penalty has been done away with, so now there's no question about the call. A face mask call is 15 yards, and there's no other option.
The other new automatic call comes when there's no room on the sidelines, when officials used to be able to call a sideline warning first. Watch for every team to get tagged by that for a few weeks before they figure it out.
The best and most fair new change revolves around replay. If a coach successfully challenges a call, he gets another. I've always said that a wrong call is a wrong call is a wrong call, and a coach should never lose the right to challenge as long as he's right. Now there will be a maximum of two challenges allowed, but it's a start.
The other nice change is on kickoffs with the receiving team getting the option of taking the ball on the 40 if the kick goes out of bounds. With kickoffs being moved back last year, and a major penalty given for inaccurate boots, there should be even more big returns.
Now with the change that'll cause the most stir: the play clock. In the continuing effort to shorten games, the new gimmick is to go the NFL route by starting the play clock on the snap of the ball after a runner goes out of bounds, outside of the final two minutes. The play clock will also go to 40 seconds, when it's not stopped, to get the offenses to pick up the pace. This likely won't be that big a deal, but it'll force teams to be a bit sharper and it'll force officials to be uniform across the country when it comes to declaring the ball ready for play.